The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shade Plugin, version 3.2.3.

This plugin provides the capability to package the artifact in an uber-jar, including its dependencies and to shade – i.e. rename – the packages of some of the dependencies.

You should specify the version in your project’s plugin configuration:

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.2.3</version>
</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page

Release Notes – Maven Shade Plugin – Version 3.2.3

• Bug:

  • MSHADE-352 – shaded jars are not reproducible when using transformer

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MSHADE-355 – Java 15 Compatibility – JDependecny/ASM Upgrade
  • MSHADE-357 – Upgrade asm to 8.0

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team